On Monday, Hurricane Ike entered the northeastern Cuba and it could take over Havana on Tuesday morning, heading for the U.S. Gulf Coast during the coming week. Nearly 73 people in Haiti were killed by the heavy rains and the floods brought by Ike, leaving every place looking like hell itself.

The officials evacuated the Florida Keys during the weekend and President Bush released an emergency declaration through which federal agencies are allowed to mobilize Florida.

Ike’s winds reached 120 mph and remained a Category 4 hurricane, as the National Hurricane Center in Miami stated at 2 a.m. on Monday. The most severe hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale reaches Category 5. The center of the hurricane is located near the north coast of eastern Cuba in Las Tunas province.

Still, its center moves westward at about 14 mph. The hurricane is expected to head the northwest on Monday and could destroy the capital of Cuba until Tuesday. The shores of Baracoa, Cuba, were damaged by 50 feet waves and nearly 80 homes were destroyed when the sea reached the city.

90% of the houses in Grand Turk were badly damaged by the rains and winds brought by Ike. Journalist Audley Astwood said that “It pretty much looks like an episode of 'The Twilight Zone. It's like the end of the world."

40% of the island was swollen by the floods and many residents sleep inside their cars because the calamity destroyed their homes. President Bush declared state of emergency in Florida as Ike could reach the Florida Keys on Monday.